[quote=Mr.Big][b]runningman[/b] its still too high of a number in my view. Wars like that dont have winners only losers.. even when the U.s pull out of iraq the place is gonna be in the shits again..I still think countrys like that will never be a true democracy.[/quote]
Respect - Mr. Big. I hear you ... but I have a different spill on it.
I hope there will a true winner, and nothing to do with the West or America. But I hope the people of Iraq win in the end. I think THEY will. They must feel the same way, or they wouldn't be willing to die for their changing country, as guardsmen or policemen.
If a democracy does stick, it will help change the whole region. You know, look at Turkey. They are the same Muslim people, a little closer to the West in many ways, and a democrracy works for them. They were the people who led the Islamic push into Europe (the Ottoman Empire) which almost took Austria after it beat down Albania and flew over the rest of the Balkans. They fought Albania for 25 years before they finally won that fight.
If Turkey can change, why cant anyone or any country of that region change. Its all a matter of time and desire to make it happen. If Iraq changes and succeeds, they will all change in my opinion.